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- ↑ Margaret Busby, Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of words and Writing by Women of African Descent, 1992, pp. 542–44.
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- ↑ Athaliah Reynolds-Baker (18 October 2013). "Eight Outstanding Jamaicans Awarded Musgrave Medals". Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
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